Earlier this year, we were proud to help University of Western Australia MBA student, Laurent Barrere present his coursework on Fortescue Mining Group (FMG) and Western Australian (WA) iron ore, as a paper at the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) Iron Ore Conference in Perth. Although locally focused the research is an excellent study on the challenges of… Read this post →
Catching up on last week's Strictly Boardroom, we looked at an arcane and colloquial example of poor strategic foresight: the demise of Sydney Ferries with the construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The lesson is that not all major events are unforeseeable, however, 'paradigm lock' often means that those forming the strategy often cannot see the ready evidence of big… Read this post →
Last week's Strictly Boardroom column on MiningNewsPremium.net, with Allan Trench, looked at a fictional mineral explorer in trouble - running out of cash and opportunities. A new Chairman had been brought in to turn the company around. This week we look at how they did it. In brief, they avoided cost-cutting, which would have been of limited impact bearing in… Read this post →
In the continued catch-up on September's Strictly Boardroom articles on MiningNewsPremium.net with Allan Trench, last week's article (12th Sept) was about Western Australian iron ore major Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), pizzas and electric car maker Tesla ("FMG makes good pizzas"). The obscure trifecta is linked by a corporate strategy example. The example focuses on an anonymous mid-tier pizza chain locked… Read this post →
I'm really pleased to tell you that a team of University of Western Australia (UWA) MBA students has won a prestigious international competition about applying sustainable development principles to the mining industry - the Schulich International Case Competition, this year with finals in Canada, associated with the PDAC conference. The team consisted of Matthew Horgan, Jessica Harman, Jessica Volich and… Read this post →
